Converse vs Fisher

A side-by-side comparison of Converse and Fisher: population, income, housing, and more.

Converse and Fisher are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Converse has the higher population (406 vs 158 in Fisher). Converse has the higher median household income ($64,750 vs $35,208 in Fisher). Fisher has the higher median home value ($78,000 vs $75,000 in Converse).

Population, income & housing

	Converse	Fisher
Population	406	158
Median age	39.6 yrs	56.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,750	$35,208
Median home value	$75,000	$78,000
Median gross rent	$638	—
Housing units	208	91
Homeownership rate	73.0%	87.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	15.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Converse	Fisher
Population	321 → 406 (+26.5%)	355 → 158 (-55.5%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $64,750 (+48.0%)	$38,750 → $35,208 (-9.1%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $75,000 (+36.4%)	$74,500 → $78,000 (+4.7%)
Median gross rent	$433 → $638 (+47.3%)	$807 → $689 (-14.6%)

Converse

Population

321406

Median household income

$43,750$64,750

Median home value

$55,000$75,000

Median gross rent

$433$638

Fisher

Population

355158

Median household income

$38,750$35,208

Median home value

$74,500$78,000

Median gross rent

$807$689

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Converse	Fisher
Under 5	5.9%	11.4%
5 to 17	16.3%	2.5%
18 to 24	11.3%	5.1%
25 to 34	12.3%	13.3%
35 to 44	7.4%	1.9%
45 to 54	13.5%	15.8%
55 to 64	14.3%	4.4%
65 to 74	11.3%	32.9%
75 and over	7.6%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Converse	Fisher
White (non-Hispanic)	70.2%	54.4%
Black or African American	3.4%	27.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.2%	0.6%
Asian	3.9%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.9%	12.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Converse	Fisher
No high school diploma	21.1%	16.4%
High school graduate	44.8%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Converse	Fisher
Drove alone	85.2%	92.0%
Carpooled	11.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Converse	Fisher
1-unit, detached	41.8%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	49.5%	25.3%

Poverty & households

	Converse	Fisher
Poverty rate	16.0%	19.6%
Average household size	2.49	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	31	18
Median year structure built	1991	1967